The book, titled ‘Brunette Ambition’, has been described as a combination style guide, advice book and memoir and has been commissioned by Harmony Books.

In a statement about her plans, Michele said: "There wasn't a guidebook when I was growing up, that detailed everything I would need to do, and know, to get where I am today.

“But I believe I can write one of sorts: not a how-to-make-it-in-show-business book, but a guide to harnessing tenacity, passion, enthusiasm and hard work to make your dreams come true."

The title will be released in the US and Canada in print and digital formats.  She will join ‘Glee’ co-stars Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer and Jenna Ushkowitz who have all published books previously.

Watch Lea Michele singing in tribute to her onscreen and off-screen idol Barbra Streisand here:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/livenation/view/76228/ Mon, 20 May 2013 12:04:24 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/livenation/view/76228/ Monday 20th May – Today American pop band R5 announce they will be hitting British soil to play their first ever UK show. R5 are siblings Riker, Rydel, Rocky and Ross Lynch, along with best friend Ratliff. They are set to play Dingwalls in London on Friday the 5th of July. R5 tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 17th May and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk. 

R5’s recent Hollywood Records EP, aptly titled ‘Loud’ will be followed by the band’s debut studio album later this year. Check out the official music video for title track from the EP ‘Loud’ below. 

If Riker and Ross look familiar, it’s because the former is a regular on "Glee" (as a member of the a cappella group, the Warblers) while Ross stars in the Disney Channel Original smash hit series, "Austin & Ally." Each band member is a virtuoso musician and all write, especially lead guitarist Rocky and bassist Riker, who serve as R5’s in-house songwriters. 

R5 worked with producer-songwriters Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou (Selena Gomez, Hot Chelle Rae) and Evan “Kidd” Bogart, who won a Grammy for writing the Beyonce hit, “Halo.” The team wrote three tracks for the band while R5 members Riker and Ross contributed an original.  

“Our basic mindset was that we wanted to make everyone feel excited and happy,” says Riker Lynch of the new EP. “It’s about driving down the highway with the top down and blasting music. We didn’t want anything too deep and dark.” 

The R5 story actually begins in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. There, as a child, Riker got things started when he revealed a talent for singing. With Elvis, the Beatles and the Stones playing in background, soon Riker and his siblings started taking music seriously. Once they set on a show business career, the entire family moved to Los Angeles in 2007. The Lynch kids experienced success quickly, finding professional acting, dance and commercial opportunities.Though the Lynchs had their musical act down, something was missing: a drummer. That’s when they turned to friend Ellington Ratliff, who rounded out the line-up. 

For much of 2012, the band honed its performing chops, headlining club shows in Chicago, Phoenix, Toronto, New York, New Jersey and beyond. “There’s something cool that happens when we’re on stage together,” Riker says. “There’s nothing more fun in the world. We try to be very personable, and meet the entire audience after shows. Fans you meet on the road stick with you forever.” 

R5 boasts more than 150,000 Facebook page likes. Now that the EP is out, the band is set for a spring 2013 tour, though a national TV audience got a sneak peek when R5 performed at the Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, broadcast on NBC. 

R5, undisputedly the teen band to watch in 2013. All fans have to do is turn it up loud. How’s that sound? 

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The Irish singer is known for his lack of teeth after decades of drinking and debauchery.

Writing on his behalf, girlfriend Victoria Mary Clarke has taken to Twitter to encourage dentists to come forward to help out.

It seems MacGowan is looking for a winning smile in order to start an acting career in Hollywood. Clarke said:

"Shane is keen to find a dentist, so he can start in Hollywood film. Pogues/Shane fans who are great dentists please apply! Shane promises to do advertising campaign for the winning dentist!!!"

The band later tweeted themselves: "ALERT! Job offer of lifetime. Any Pogues/Shane Mac fans who are great dentists please tweet @Victoriamary to work on the great man himself!"

The singer was given dentures in 2009, but it is reported that he doesn't wear them anymore.

Titled ‘Money and Love’, the song can be heard by the four piece as a part of their set on the Big Reunion Tour which kicked off on May 3. The tour also features other reformed pop acts including 5ive, Liberty X, Atomic Kitten, 911 and The Honeyz, as seen on the ITV2 series ‘The Big Reunion’.

Since appearing on the television show, B*Witched band member Lindsay Armaou had hinted at the possibility of the group recording new material together and hoped that the rest of the band would get a shot at singing lead parts, which were usually taken by Edele Lynch in their heyday.

Armaou said: "Our relationships with each other are all in a really good place again. We've been spending a lot of time together and it's good - it's really, really good. You can possibly expect new material from B*Witched. We are talking about going into the studio. Hopefully the vocals would be more equally shared this time." 

B*Witched scored four consecutive UK number one singles during 1998 and 1999. Their final single, ‘Jump Down’, was released in 2000.

Listen to B*Witched's new song 'Love and Money' below:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/boyzone/view/66394/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:04:51 +0000 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/boyzone/view/66394/ Boyzone have all but confirmed plans to tour the country this year.

The boyband have long been speculated to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a series of live shows.

Speaking on stage at Ronan Keating's O2 Arena gig in London on Saturday (January 26), singer Shane Lynch suggested that tickets for their upcoming tour will go on sale on Valentine's Day (February 14). He said:

"Ladies, it's the time of year you usually get flowers and chocolates. But now you can also get Boyzone tickets."

The four members of Boyzone have been enjoying time off from the group recently, with Ronan Keating for example releasing new solo album 'Fires'.

However, it had been reported that the record had only sold 181 copies in hometown Ireland after a few days of being on sale.

The Irish group have been working on new songs as they mark their 20th anniversary in music.

Singer Stephen Gately died in 2009 of an unsuspected heart condition when the band were making a new album, with some of his vocals already cut to tape.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Shane Lynch said that the boyband are not allowed to use his vocals due to a legal wrangle with the late singer's estate. He said:

"We'd love to use his vocals but it's not so simple. Apparently, even though we were in a band with him for 17 years, we can't use his voice. But there you go."

The singer continued: "When Stephen died we were in the middle of making an album. The last thing we could have done was continue after losing Stephen. But he is very much alive on those songs."